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Morning Glories
Kate from A Picture a Day and Chronicles of a Country Girl has been experimenting with collages recently. She has inspired me to post one of my own……a small collection of my morning glories. I have taken these at various times. If you click on the image, you will get a larger view. Check out the flower in the upper left ~ I didn’t even notice the spider/cob web surrounding that flower until I began to process it. I wasn’t actually that close when I took the photo so I missed it during the actual shot. I thought it looked pretty cool. Don’t you like it when you get unexpected surprises after taking a…
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Stuck In Traffic
Have you ever been cruising along the interstate….on your way home from work when suddenly you are there……..stuck in traffic. That happened to me this past Friday. As soon as I got on the interstate…..there they were up ahead…..the cursed red lights. It was going to be a long ride home………. Traffic was barely moving at this point. Now, I could have gotten irritated and agitated. Instead I thought this could be a good thing. Have you ever been driving down the interstate and noticed something you wouldn’t mind taking a photo of? Get stuck in traffic and you can do just that. I pass this overpass…..a pretty view. Onward I crept…..slower than…
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Outside My Window ~ 9.13.09
Outside My Window…is bright and sunny, a very nice 73F, light winds ~ enough to make my wind chimes sing to me ~ and 77% humidity. Last week we were experiencing fall type weather, which included lots of rain. I heard one day we got almost 5 inches of rain in a relatively short period of time. It just poured……and poured. We had two separate non-tropical systems park off the coast for a period. Winds weren’t too bad either time….or the ones I experienced anyway. It is forecasted to be in the lowers 80’s today….by mid week, in the upper 80’s and then we will cool down again. It appears…
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Road Trip ~ Conclusion
As I conclude the tale of our road trip, I wanted to share a few more random photos with you. There was a full moon during my visit and try as I might, I was unable to get a photo of one that I was really happy with while it was dark….but I did get one early in the morning on the day we left… I’m still a work in progress when it comes to moon shots, but I was pretty happy with this one. 🙂 There were also some pretty amazing sunsets…. There was a shopping day while we were there of course. Seriously, have you ever known teen aged girls to go somewhere…
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I remember…..
I remember……..driving to work that bright, sunny day. I remember……..listening to the radio as they talked about a horrible accident ~ a plane had hit the World Trade Center, North Tower. I remember…..arriving at the office and telling everyone to turn on the television in the conference room, there had been an accident. I remember…..watching in horror as the second plane deliberately flew into the South Tower and it exploded into flames. I remember…..being afraid by all the events of the day. I remember…..wondering how in the world they would ever put those fires out….only to witness immediately after my thought the South Tower collasping and then the North Tower a short time…
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Road Trip ~ Part IV ~ Final Resting
I stumbled upon a very old cemetary while in South Carolina last month. I like old cemetaries…..they whisper to me ~ especially when they are in the woods. It actually was a glimpse of a headstone as I drove down an old road that caught my eye. This road was off the beaten path so I knew it must be an old cemetary, but what I didn’t know was how old. My oldest daughter joined me on this sunny afternoon for our visit to the cemetary. There is a small pull off for vehicles and a sign warning visitors there is a state law which prohibits visitors from tampering with or removing any items from a cemetary…
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Outside My Window ~ 9.6.09
Outside My Window…is blue skies, temperature is 67F with 83% humidity at 8:00 a.m. The sun has just gotten up over the rooftops so it is pretty nice outside right now. We are forecasted to have a high of 86F with partly sunny skies today. For Labor Day, cloudy and showers….guess that means everyone will be heading home from the beaches sooner than they planned. We had a glimpse of fall this past week with temperatures hovering in the low 70’s during the day. I am thinking…about how much I enjoy long, holiday weekends. It is perfect…..you get a long, three day weekend and then the following week, a short…
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Road Trip ~ Part III ~ Down By The River
Before leaving for South Carolina, I did a little research on the area my parents had moved to. I found Landsford Canal State Park was close by and decided I wanted to check it out during my visit. Here is what the official site of South Carolina State Parks has to say about it….. A broad river, rich history and rare, hardy wildflowers come together at Landsford Canal State Park. Stretched along the Catawba River along the South Carolina fall line, the park is home to the well-preserved remains of the canal system that made the river commercially navigable from 1820 to 1835. Locks, a mill site and the lockkeeper’s home are among the…
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Road Trip ~ Part II ~ The New Place
My parents ~ fondly known as Papa and Nina since the grandchildren came along ~ have lived in many places. My father’s work and family circumstances made the many moves necessary. The closest to me was Asheville, North Carolina….the furthest was Saudia Arabia. They have declared this their last move, they have found their dream home. It was built by a custom builder for him and his family. Although it may look quite large……it really isn’t. It is a spacious home….but not overly so. What makes this home so nice is the little amenities they put in that you wouldn’t normally find in a house of this size. They had just moved in and…
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Road Trip ~ Part I
While it has been a month since I took my trip to South Carolina, I have yet to post my photos from the trip as I promised. I thought I should break it up into different posts because there are quite a few photos I would like to share with you. When I planned the trip, I decided I wanted to take a road less traveled to the interstate. Well, actually the road is a four lane route and fairly well traveled, but it takes you through Suffolk, Franklin and Emporia. There are a few other smaller towns in between these that require you to slow down to 35 mph when…